(Featured August 2003, revised January 2014) Alexander Mackenzie was the second Prime Minister and the first Liberal Prime Minister of Canada. (Not to be confused with the Canadian explorer, Sir Alexander Mackenzie 1764-1820.) He was born in Scotland, the third of ten children. His family was …
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Sir John A Macdonald
Would you hire a nineteen year old lawyer? If you lived in Kingston, Ontario, in 1834, you could have hired John A Macdonald to represent your interests. Macdonald was born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1815 and immigrated to Upper Canada with his parents when he was five. He articled with a …
Trivia EH? Jean Chrétien
Born January 11, 1934 in Shawinigan, Quebec as Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien Parents are Wellie & Marie. Father was a Liberal organizer and young Chretien helped hand out flyers and attended rallies Married to Aline Chaîné since 1957 He has three children (2 sons, 1 daughter) …